Posts Tagged ‘cardinal’

Therapy really does come in many different flavors. Counseling is the one that everyone thinks of when they think therapy but for me gardening and photography work alongside my counseling to make me sane.

Yesterday, my therapy consisted of photography. The friends that I am staying with have a backyard filled with birds, squirrels and chipmunks. They also have the perfect window in their bathroom that can be opened in order for one to photograph these creatures.

Squirrels cavorted with one another as I looked through my viewfinder. There was a huge smile on my face as I watched them chase one another. I mean, how do you not smile at that? It’s a riot.

Squirrels were not the only creatures out and about. There was a beautiful male Cardinal who came to visit. Cardinals always make me think of my Mom when I see them as they were her favorite bird. She loved them so much that I am planning to get a cardinal tattoo on my wrist in remembrance.

The last creature was another bird, the Downy Woodpecker. Though, as you can see he was using the feeder and not pecking on the tree. It was entertaining to watch him bob back and forth as he ate.

They also have Goldfinches, Sparrows, Nuthatches and Wild Turkeys to name but a few. I am hoping to get shots of all of these over the next few days.